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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia Rroselavy / Shutterstock Earlier this year, a Hong Kong finance worker was tricked into paying US$25 million to scammers who had used deepfake technology to pretend to be the company’s chief ... <a title="The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/the-unspoken-rule-of-conversation-that-explains-why-ai-chatbots-feel-so-human-243805/" aria-label="Read more about The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Hanaghan, Senior Research Fellow in Latin Christianity in Late Antiquity, Australian Catholic University Warning: this article contains mild spoilers. When Gladiator I was released in 2000, I was a high school Classics student and the film brought Classical literature to life for me. Dramatic depictions of ... <a title="Who were Caracalla and Geta, the cruel and unhinged Roman brother emperors depicted in Gladiator II?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/who-were-caracalla-and-geta-the-cruel-and-unhinged-roman-brother-emperors-depicted-in-gladiator-ii-243912/" aria-label="Read more about Who were Caracalla and Geta, the cruel and unhinged Roman brother emperors depicted in Gladiator II?">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Winter, Associate Professor in Political Theory, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stood in Parliament last week to apologise to survivors of abuse in care, his words were among many fine speeches by government officials and survivors that day. ... <a title="Survivors of abuse in care know how redress should work – will the government finally listen?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/survivors-of-abuse-in-care-know-how-redress-should-work-will-the-government-finally-listen-243798/" aria-label="Read more about Survivors of abuse in care know how redress should work – will the government finally listen?">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flora Hui, Research Fellow, Centre for Eye Research Australia and Honorary Fellow, Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), The University of Melbourne IoanaB/Shutterstock The United States Food and Drug Administration has just approved the first-ever clinical trial that uses CRISPR-Cas13 RNA editing. Its aim is to treat an eye ... <a title="RNA editing is the next frontier in gene therapy – here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/rna-editing-is-the-next-frontier-in-gene-therapy-heres-what-you-need-to-know-243938/" aria-label="Read more about RNA editing is the next frontier in gene therapy – here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland Karolina Grabowska/Pexels Summer is nearly here. But rather than getting out the sunscreen, some TikTokers are urging followers to chuck it out and go sunscreen-free. They claim it’s healthier to forgo sunscreen to get the full ... <a title="Yes, you still need to use sunscreen, despite what you’ve heard on TikTok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/yes-you-still-need-to-use-sunscreen-despite-what-youve-heard-on-tiktok-232708/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, you still need to use sunscreen, despite what you’ve heard on TikTok">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keller Kopf, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Charles Darwin University Laxmikant Ameenagad, Shutterstock In humans and other animals, ageing is generally associated with a decline in biological function. But scientists are now discovering older animals perform vital roles in populations and ecosystems. Unfortunately, however, old animals can suffer ... <a title="Humans are killing off the old and wise animals that hold nature together. Here’s what must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/humans-are-killing-off-the-old-and-wise-animals-that-hold-nature-together-heres-what-must-change-243831/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are killing off the old and wise animals that hold nature together. Here’s what must change">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matej Lipar, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Author provided/Google Earth Earlier this year, a caver was poring over satellite images of the Nullarbor Plain when he came across something unexpected: an enormous, mysterious scar etched into the barren landscape. The find ... <a title="A man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback – and now scientists know what caused it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/a-man-scouring-google-earth-found-a-mysterious-scar-in-the-australian-outback-and-now-scientists-know-what-caused-it-239867/" aria-label="Read more about A man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback – and now scientists know what caused it">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treena Clark, Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney Once located 250 metres to the east of the Art Gallery of South Australia, the grand beaux-arts style Jubilee Exhibition Building was constructed to house the 1887 Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition ... <a title="Design as a movement: how First Nations people take ownership of their cultural stories through fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/design-as-a-movement-how-first-nations-people-take-ownership-of-their-cultural-stories-through-fashion-244152/" aria-label="Read more about Design as a movement: how First Nations people take ownership of their cultural stories through fashion">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University Linda George/Shutterstock The ten-year anniversary of the death of much-loved Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes falls on November 27. The 25-year-old’s life was tragically cut short in 2014 when a bouncer struck the back of his neck during a ... <a title="Cricket balls can concuss and even kill batters – at all levels, helmet use must be taken seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/cricket-balls-can-concuss-and-even-kill-batters-at-all-levels-helmet-use-must-be-taken-seriously-240452/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket balls can concuss and even kill batters – at all levels, helmet use must be taken seriously">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Gomes-Ng, Senior Lecturer of Psychology, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Former New Zealand prime minister John Key has three white rabbits painted on his helicopter, a nod to his “massively superstitious” habit of repeating “white rabbits” three times at the start of every month. Tennis ... <a title="Knowing superstitions aren’t real doesn’t stop us behaving superstitiously – why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/knowing-superstitions-arent-real-doesnt-stop-us-behaving-superstitiously-why-240541/" aria-label="Read more about Knowing superstitions aren’t real doesn’t stop us behaving superstitiously – why?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Richard Marles is an ambitious man who hasn’t given up the dream of one day reaching the top job. But, despite being deputy prime minister, his profile is much lower than that of Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the candidate considered most ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Marles plays a defensive bat on nuclear as the government rushes to get though late work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/grattan-on-friday-marles-plays-a-defensive-bat-on-nuclear-as-the-government-rushes-to-get-though-late-work-244287/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Marles plays a defensive bat on nuclear as the government rushes to get though late work">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Bill Shorten has declared himself “a proud moderate” in a valedictory speech declaring parliament has the responsibility to ensure the extremes of left and right do not set the terms of political debate. Shorten, former Labor leader and current cabinet ... <a title="Shorten declares himself ‘a proud moderate’, saying Australians ‘in the middle’ shouldn’t be hostage to intolerant fringes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/shorten-declares-himself-a-proud-moderate-saying-australians-in-the-middle-shouldnt-be-hostage-to-intolerant-fringes-244275/" aria-label="Read more about Shorten declares himself ‘a proud moderate’, saying Australians ‘in the middle’ shouldn’t be hostage to intolerant fringes">Read more</a>
